diff --git a/block/partitions/ldm.c b/block/partitions/ldm.c
index d333786b5c7eb..cc86534c80ad9 100644
--- a/block/partitions/ldm.c
+++ b/block/partitions/ldm.c
@@ -510,7 +510,7 @@ static bool ldm_validate_partition_table(struct parsed_partitions *state)
 
 	p = (struct msdos_partition *)(data + 0x01BE);
 	for (i = 0; i < 4; i++, p++)
-		if (SYS_IND (p) == LDM_PARTITION) {
+		if (p->sys_ind == LDM_PARTITION) {
 			result = true;
 			break;
 		}
diff --git a/block/partitions/ldm.h b/block/partitions/ldm.h
index d8d6beaa72c4d..8693704dcf5e9 100644
--- a/block/partitions/ldm.h
+++ b/block/partitions/ldm.h
@@ -84,9 +84,6 @@ struct parsed_partitions;
 #define TOC_BITMAP1		"config"	/* Names of the two defined */
 #define TOC_BITMAP2		"log"		/* bitmaps in the TOCBLOCK. */
 
-/* Borrowed from msdos.c */
-#define SYS_IND(p)		(get_unaligned(&(p)->sys_ind))
-
 struct frag {				/* VBLK Fragment handling */
 	struct list_head list;
 	u32		group;
diff --git a/block/partitions/msdos.c b/block/partitions/msdos.c
index 8f2fcc0802642..c94de377c5025 100644
--- a/block/partitions/msdos.c
+++ b/block/partitions/msdos.c
@@ -38,8 +38,6 @@
  */
 #include <asm/unaligned.h>
 
-#define SYS_IND(p)	get_unaligned(&p->sys_ind)
-
 static inline sector_t nr_sects(struct msdos_partition *p)
 {
 	return (sector_t)get_unaligned_le32(&p->nr_sects);
@@ -52,9 +50,9 @@ static inline sector_t start_sect(struct msdos_partition *p)
 
 static inline int is_extended_partition(struct msdos_partition *p)
 {
-	return (SYS_IND(p) == DOS_EXTENDED_PARTITION ||
-		SYS_IND(p) == WIN98_EXTENDED_PARTITION ||
-		SYS_IND(p) == LINUX_EXTENDED_PARTITION);
+	return (p->sys_ind == DOS_EXTENDED_PARTITION ||
+		p->sys_ind == WIN98_EXTENDED_PARTITION ||
+		p->sys_ind == LINUX_EXTENDED_PARTITION);
 }
 
 #define MSDOS_LABEL_MAGIC1	0x55
@@ -193,7 +191,7 @@ static void parse_extended(struct parsed_partitions *state,
 
 			put_partition(state, state->next, next, size);
 			set_info(state, state->next, disksig);
-			if (SYS_IND(p) == LINUX_RAID_PARTITION)
+			if (p->sys_ind == LINUX_RAID_PARTITION)
 				state->parts[state->next].flags = ADDPART_FLAG_RAID;
 			loopct = 0;
 			if (++state->next == state->limit)
@@ -546,7 +544,7 @@ static void parse_minix(struct parsed_partitions *state,
 	 * a secondary MBR describing its subpartitions, or
 	 * the normal boot sector. */
 	if (msdos_magic_present(data + 510) &&
-	    SYS_IND(p) == MINIX_PARTITION) { /* subpartition table present */
+	    p->sys_ind == MINIX_PARTITION) { /* subpartition table present */
 		char tmp[1 + BDEVNAME_SIZE + 10 + 9 + 1];
 
 		snprintf(tmp, sizeof(tmp), " %s%d: <minix:", state->name, origin);
@@ -555,7 +553,7 @@ static void parse_minix(struct parsed_partitions *state,
 			if (state->next == state->limit)
 				break;
 			/* add each partition in use */
-			if (SYS_IND(p) == MINIX_PARTITION)
+			if (p->sys_ind == MINIX_PARTITION)
 				put_partition(state, state->next++,
 					      start_sect(p), nr_sects(p));
 		}
@@ -643,7 +641,7 @@ int msdos_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state)
 	p = (struct msdos_partition *) (data + 0x1be);
 	for (slot = 1 ; slot <= 4 ; slot++, p++) {
 		/* If this is an EFI GPT disk, msdos should ignore it. */
-		if (SYS_IND(p) == EFI_PMBR_OSTYPE_EFI_GPT) {
+		if (p->sys_ind == EFI_PMBR_OSTYPE_EFI_GPT) {
 			put_dev_sector(sect);
 			return 0;
 		}
@@ -685,11 +683,11 @@ int msdos_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state)
 		}
 		put_partition(state, slot, start, size);
 		set_info(state, slot, disksig);
-		if (SYS_IND(p) == LINUX_RAID_PARTITION)
+		if (p->sys_ind == LINUX_RAID_PARTITION)
 			state->parts[slot].flags = ADDPART_FLAG_RAID;
-		if (SYS_IND(p) == DM6_PARTITION)
+		if (p->sys_ind == DM6_PARTITION)
 			strlcat(state->pp_buf, "[DM]", PAGE_SIZE);
-		if (SYS_IND(p) == EZD_PARTITION)
+		if (p->sys_ind == EZD_PARTITION)
 			strlcat(state->pp_buf, "[EZD]", PAGE_SIZE);
 	}
 
@@ -698,7 +696,7 @@ int msdos_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state)
 	/* second pass - output for each on a separate line */
 	p = (struct msdos_partition *) (0x1be + data);
 	for (slot = 1 ; slot <= 4 ; slot++, p++) {
-		unsigned char id = SYS_IND(p);
+		unsigned char id = p->sys_ind;
 		int n;
 
 		if (!nr_sects(p))